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| Date: | 07 31 1952 |
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| Description: | A 2-year old lioness was purchased from a San Francisco firm by the Madison Lions Club and presented to the city of Madison as a gift. |
| Date: | 04 15 1958 |
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| Description: | A man drinking from a bubbler in a Madison park on a spring day. |
| Date: | 04 15 1958 |
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| Description: | A man playing tennis in a Madison city park. |
| Date: | 07 27 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of winners in the annual Madison swimming championships gathered at B.B. Clarke beach. |
| Date: | 07 16 1956 |
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| Description: | A group of rooters attends a Madison Boys Baseball Program game. |
| Date: | 07 29 1956 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of winners in the Madison Swimming Meet city finals, held at B.B. Clarke beach. |
| Date: | 05 13 1950 |
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| Description: | More than 150 Madison high school pupils recruited through the Madison Youth Council helped plant trees and shrubs on the Vilas Park island. |
| Date: | 07 09 1953 |
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| Description: | View of the pier at B.B. Clarke on Lake Monona, scene of the Madison city swim meet. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Map reads: "TAX EXEMPT LAND in the CITY OF MADISON". There is a legend of "Government Land" represented in stripes, "Religious and Fraternal Organization" ... |
| Date: | 06 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Glenn "Pat" Holmes (left) and Frank Blau, directors of the Madison summer playground program, are shown checking equipment out to the 30 playgrounds which ... |
| Date: | 08 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of children and youth in swimsuits, winners of various events of the Madison city swimming meet held at the B.B. Clarke beach on Lake Monona... |
| Date: | 08 02 1953 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the eleven winners in the age 11 and under division of the Madison swimming meet at B.B. Clarke beach. |
| Date: | 08 02 1953 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of fourteen champions of the 12 to 17 age division of the Madison swimming meet at B.B. Clarke beach. |
| Date: | 07 26 1950 |
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| Description: | Children stand around a picnic table while doing activities at the Lakeview playground. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | This map shows streets, railroads, Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Wingra, golf courses, parks, Truax Field, and country clubs. Also included are street, c... |
| Date: | 12 27 1953 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of the Divisional Skating Champions crowned in the Madison Skating Club Meet at Vilas Park. |
| Date: | 07 29 1956 |
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| Description: | Keith Anderson (left) and Tom Foseid (right) are Madison Swimming Meet first place winners among boys ages 9 and under. Both placed second twice in other e... |
| Date: | 05 04 1959 |
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| Description: | Julie Snyder roasts a hot dog at a Madison park shelter fireplace during a picnic for teenagers. |
| Date: | 08 06 1957 |
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| Description: | The Stage Coach and truck used for the Madison Youth Summer Theater driving past a playground. Students who watched the performance are waving to the actor... |
| Date: | 12 27 1953 |
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| Description: | Group [ortrait of the Madison Cardinal Hockey Team with their manager and coach. The team, part of the Fox Valley Hockey League, plays its home game at the... |
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